Pipe-support.



C. F. CLAWSON PIPE SUPPORT.

CHARLES F. OLAWSON, OF M:OUNT PLEASANT, IOWA.

PIPE-SUPPORT Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 30, 1909.

Application filed April 8, 1907. Serial No. 366,962.

T0 aZZ whom it may concem:

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. CLAWSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mount Pleasant, in the county of Henry and State Of I0wa,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pipe-Supports,

.of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to pipe-supports or hangers, .more particularlysuch as are employed t0 secure the clown-spouts of gutter ing tothewalls of buildings; although the device of the invention is capable ofother applications, and may be employed as a supporter hanger for pipesand tubes generally, whether vertical, horizontal, or incl1ned.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, cheap, neat andefficient dvice of the character specified which shall be adjustable asit is applied to fit varying sizes of pipes or tubes, and to this endthe invention consists of a pipe-support having the novel structuralcharacteristics hereinatter particularly described and pointed out inthe claims.

My invention Will be readily understood when considered in connectionwith the accompanying drawings showing approved mechanical embodimentsthereot, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of an integral orone-piece sheet-metal blank from which my improved pipe-support may bemade; Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the blank of Fig. 1 partly bentinto the form of the complete article; Fig. 3 is a perspective elevatiQnshowing the device applied to a clown-spout or other vertical pipe; Fig.4 is a cross-sectional view through the pi )e just above thepipe-support, and showing the latter in plan view in its operative formand Fig. 5 is a fragmentary perspective view, similar to Fig. 1 of amodified blank made from a plurality of sheet-metal strips securedtogether to make a blank of the form shown in Fig. 1.

In oarrying out my invention, where the same is made from a singleintegral blank, I out from a piece of sheet-metal, such as tin,sheet-iron, sheet-copper, or any other suitable material, a blank of theform shown in Fig. 1, having a comparatively long straight member 6, aeomparatively short straight member 7 off-set edgewise relative to themembei 6 and an intermediate portion 8 joining the adjacent ends of themembers 6 and 7, this intermediate portion preferably, and as shown,having an extension 8*. The members 6 and 7 constitute attachmentstrips; and in transforming the blank into the finished article I foldthe intermediate portion 8 upon itself in a direction transverse to saidstrips on a line substantially co-incident with one edge of the latterto form between the folded halves thcreof a way for the longer strip 6,which latter is then bcnt around, as shown in Fig. 2, and its free endpassed and drawn through said way to lorm a loop to embracc and hold thepipe 10, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the extension 8** being also foldedup over one side of the folded intermediate portion 8 and operating as akeeper preventing spreading of the folded portion 8. T l1e keeperextension 8 while preferably employed, is not indispensable where sheetmetal 01 considerable thickness and stillness is used. The free endportions of the strips 6 and 7 are apertured, as shown at 11, to receivenails 12 forsecuring the device to a wall. It will thus be seen that thedevice provides a pipe embracing and holding loop which is contractibleand extensible to fit pipes et varying diameters and in WhlCl1 theoppositely extending attachment strips are in substam tial alinementWltl1 each other.

Fig. 5 illustrates a modification of the blank, made up of strips 13, 14and 15 riveted together as by the eyelets 16 and 17 so as to present thesame general l'orrn of blank as disclosed in Fig. 1. The manner ofmaking the device from this blank is identical witlr that alreadydescribed and it has one advantage over the integral or one-piececonstruction in that it can be made largely f1om waste strips andclippings at a very slight cost. Obviously, any two of the parts mightbe made integral, and the third secured thereto, if desired.

I claim:

1. A contractible and extensible pipe support comprising a pair of fiatoppositely extending attachment strips one of which is bent to form apipe-embracing loop, and an intermediate portion connecting the inneradjacent ends of said strips, said intermediate portion being foldedupon itself in a direction transverse to said strips on alinesubstantially coincident with one edge of thelatter, thereby fo1mingbetween its folded parts a way for f0rming a way for said pipe-embracingstrip the free and portion of said bent strip. and provided ith a,folded extension operat- 2. The herein desc1ibed pipe support com ing asa keeper.

prising oppositely extending attachment- CHARLES F. CLAVVSN.

strips, one of WhiCh is adaptedto embmce a I VVsnesses:

pipe, and an ntermedate portion, sad in i ADAM VVEIR,

termedate portion being folded upon itself MYRTLE B. KINNEY.

